Author: Fear Free Dental

• Respecting Time, Respecting Care: Why Our No-Show Policy Matters

  

  At Fear Free Dental, we truly love what we do — caring for our patients, building trust, and helping keep smiles healthy. Every appointment you schedule represents dedicated time we set aside just for you: a treatment room prepared, a provider ready, and a team organized around your visit. Unfortunately, over the past several months,…

• The Dunning-Kruger Dentist

  

  When I first started at this practice 32 years ago, I worked alongside an older dentist, Dr. Clarke. He was a specialist who had even served as a dentist on an aircraft carrier during World War II. He was a great dentist, and yet every so often, when I asked him a question, he would…

• From Burned Fingers to AI Smarts: The Wild Evolution of Dental X-rays You’ve come a long way, little bitewing.

  

  From Burned Fingers to AI Smarts: The Wild Evolution of Dental X-rays You’ve come a long way, little bitewing. Did you know dental X-rays have been around for over 100 years? In the early days, dentists literally held the film in patients’ mouths — sometimes for several minutes — while standing in the path of the X-ray beam! The result?…

• Is Dental Insurance Still Worth It? Discover a Better Way to Save on Your Smile

  

  The new year is here, and it’s the perfect time to think about making the most of your dental insurance as well as deciding whether you want to keep paying for your dental insurance. Let’s be honest: dealing with dental insurance can feel frustrating. Between confusing terms and strict limitations, it’s not always easy to…

• Meet Pearl AI

  

  The Smart Assistant for Your X-rays (And One of Dr. Little’s Best Friends!) Have you ever wished your dentist had the genius of Einstein when reading your X-rays? Well, thanks to Pearl AI, we’re getting pretty close! Sure, we could whip out a chalkboard and scribble equations in the office—but let’s be real, Pearl AI…

• The Biofilm Chronicles

  

  Dr. Little Finding Another Rabbit Hole to Venture Down to Get Up Close and Personal with the Creepy Crawly Side of Your Smile Welcome to another adventure in oral health, where we tackle one of the greatest villains of the dental world: Biofilm! What’s that, you ask? A sci-fi slime monster? A fancy name for…

• Your Safety Is Our Top Concern

  

  Due to COVID-19 our office is implementing procedures and protocols to ensure our patients and clinicians are provided with a safe environment. Dr. Little is dedicated to staying informed and up to date with the latest COVID-19 healthcare information, guidelines, and standards. Please read through our COVID-19 transmission prevention protocols. *Standard COVID-19 pre-screening questions and…

• Dental office COVID-19 Infection Control

  

  This video is to bring awareness on infection prevention control to reduce COVID-19 transmission in dental offices. Awareness for aerosols, awareness for a better infection control to protect dental professionals from COVID-19 virus and other harmful aerosols.

• “Crown in an Hour” “Same Day Crown” “High Technology”

  

  Is it just advertising hype or is it really as good as it seems? Let’s look at some of the pros and cons. First, let me start by saying that I started in dentistry as a laboratory technician. I graduated from lab school in 1987 and began working for a prosthodontist (Wikipedia). Having made thousands…

• Sleep Breathing Disorders

  

  A common misconception many people hold regarding dentistry is that dentists only treat teeth. While teeth are certainly our primary focus, your dental care team is also trained to detect oral conditions like sleep apnea. Symptoms such as large tonsils, uvula (the dangly thing in the back of your throat), tongue, and other airway obstructions,…